Thumbs down. The visual effects are awesome; the work they put into creating a living breathing world of Krypton was fantastic. If they had made the entire movie about the events on Krypton leading up to baby superman being sent into space they would have had a truly awesome flick. Sadly the krypton scenes are only the first 15 minutes of the film. After that we are on Earth and the director largely drops the sweeping landscapes shots for intimate zoom ins on the characters like he did in 300. This movie can be broken down into two core scene types - big action sequences and zoom ins on emotional reaction to whatever was going on by the characters. With the exception of Russel Crow, none of the actors/actresses seemed to be able to pull these emotional scenes off at all with any sense of flow or build up. The guy playing Zod was particularly mechanical and awkward with his angry outbursts. The superman character had very little actual dialog and spent most of the movie seemingly trying to find places to pose for the camera. It was also a very violent movie. Several people get their necks twisted and broken by super-people, and I felt those scenes were disturbing and over the top. Superhero movies, and Superman in particular are suppose to be inclusive of young audiences and I was uncomfortable with the level of realistic violence and death in this film. Especially the neck breaking.
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